Newman Plays

Plays Written by Newman

The following plays written by J.D. Newman are now published by Leicester Bay Theatricals.

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (adaptation of Shakepeare’s comedy)

AWAKENING GALATEA

CROWNS AND COMMONERS

DeGRUCHY’S MANTLE

THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF (translation of Moliere’s comedy)

GATHERING GRIMM

LIBERATION

OLYMPUS ON THE MOON

PUZZLES

THE YEARNING SEASON

For more information or to contact Leicester Bay Theatricals, follow this link:

http://www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com/john-d-newman-author/

J.D. Newman’s adaptation of Avi’s THE SECRET SCHOOL is published by Dramatic Publishing.  Dramatic also publishes TELL YOUR STORY: THE PLAYS AND PLAYWRIITNG OF SANDRA FENICHEL ASHER, which Newman co-edited, and AMERICAN HEARTBEAT: TRUE STORIES TOLD IN SCENES AND MONOLOGUES, for which Newman wrote the foreword.  For more information on these works, follow this link:

https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/AuthorBio.php?titlelink=10410

J.D. Newman’s adaptations of Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST and THE WINTER’S TALE are published by Eldridge Publishing.  For more information on these adaptations, follow this link:

http://www.histage.com/author/authorinfo.asp?AuthorID=811

This website also includes descriptions of three adaptations for which Newman received one-time production rights and for which the rights for additional productions are not available:  Richard Peck’s HERE LIES THE LIBRARIAN and A YEAR DOWN YONDER and Shannon Hale’s PRINCESS ACADEMY.